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Friday, December 1, 2017

More Malay Words in surveys and questionnaires : passenger, age, sex, holiday, residence

Malay - English
nomor - number (no more numbers!)

English - Malay
number - nomor

MALAY (My memory aids in brackets)
penumpang - passenger (pa..ng passenger has pangs on flight)
yang - the
terhormat - respectable / terribly honourable (respectful greeting)
selamat datang - welcome
di - at
penerbangan - flight (penetrating the skies)
negara tujuan - country destination (country you are going to)
jenis - type
kelamin - sex
umur - age
liburan - holiday (leisure / liberty)
apakah - what
dewasa - adult ( d .... a - or think d.w.. a one who works)
berapa - how much (tell me the price and we can wrap it up)
kali - times (count all)
dalam - in
sekali - once (solo event)
diatas (on top, in addition, more than that)
negara asal keberangkatan (country departure)
data pribadi data private  / personal
tempat tinggal (residence)

ENGLISH
passenger
the
respectable
welcome
at
flight
destination country
type
sex
age
holiday
what
adult
how much
times
in
once
on top
country of departure
personal data
residence


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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker, teacher of English and other languages


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